We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 Database and SAP SQL Anywhere based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Relational Databases Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We had a crash of the backup system and the IBM DB2 was always up and consistent. It's robust, and for us, it was always up and running."
"I like that its true active-active. For example, if there are two instances within a cluster, we can take one of them down and there's no failover or switch over. There's no primary and secondary, it's true active-active. We can take one side down and we can upgrade that with new maintenance or a new version, obviously testing coexistence beforehand, without impacting the business."
"It's very secure."
"The solution is easy to install and simple to maintain. The most valuable aspect of the solution is its general user-friendliness for users of all kinds."
"The solution is very stable, in both hardware and database."
"Db2 database scalability and performance capabilities match our database needs. It covers pretty much everything a database administrator or engineer might need."
"Very good for performance and scalability."
"The stability of IBM Db2 Database is stable. We have not faced any downtime in one year. Our work is mostly during business hours and during that time, we haven't faced any downtime."
"SAP SQL Anywhere is very helpful."
"We've found the solution very reliable overall. It's very fast."
"The most valuable features of SAP SQL Anywhere are the ease of use and the user interface is intuitive."
"It works well in general."
"The auto-backup replication is a perfect feature. That is the feature I liked the most."
"The initial setup could be improved."
"I would like to see better support for advanced analytics."
"The application development requires a Java developer and not every company has these resources."
"IBM Db2 Database could improve the user-defined functions. There are some user-defined functions that are missing, such as the spring functions. I used to have Teradata for my projects and I was used to working in the environment. They had a good set of user-defined functions."
"It would be helpful to have more querying tools and more development tools for us to work easily with Microsoft."
"The problem with this environment is that any software that you install is very costly because there are no free tools for this environment."
"The tool is not easy to use. It needs to improve scale computing so that the tool can be scaled vertically. The product needs to enhance pre-engine optimization and it needs to be more efficient in completing queries. The documentation should be updated to include different scenarios of deployment."
"The solution could be more modern and have updated database technology."
"It is not as secure as it could be."
"SAP SQL Anywhere needs to incorporate functionalities like SAP S/4HANA."
"We have had some stability issues with SAP SQL Anywhere, but I am not sure if it is an application or network issue. We sometimes have a large amount of data being queried and it cannot handle it."
"A problem we are experiencing now is when doing a backup in SQL 2012 and 14."
"The interface is not easy in comparison to the SQL Server. It could be more user-friendly."
IBM Db2 Database is ranked 6th in Relational Databases Tools with 66 reviews while SAP SQL Anywhere is ranked 20th in Relational Databases Tools with 6 reviews. IBM Db2 Database is rated 8.2, while SAP SQL Anywhere is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IBM Db2 Database writes "Very scalable with high availability and excellent technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP SQL Anywhere writes "Reliable and able to expand but needs to be more secure". IBM Db2 Database is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, SAP HANA, Teradata and MySQL, whereas SAP SQL Anywhere is most compared with SQL Server, SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, MySQL, Oracle Database and MariaDB. See our IBM Db2 Database vs. SAP SQL Anywhere report.
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